Mining Items

A Surveyors Hanging Nail. Made from steel with plastic coated copper shotfiring wire. Size 1 1/2″ x 1/2″ inches. A series of these nails were knocked into the roof timbers down the length of the roadway and  heavy objects were attached to the wires and dangled from them, surveyors would line them up to make sure the roadway was being …

Braimer Oil Lamp. This Braimer teapot style oil lamp has a reinforced spout and a threaded top to the base and a large hanging hook. Made in Leeds England. Made from tin plate and iron. Size 9″ x 4 1/2″ inches. Age unknown. 

A UK Miners Carbide Lamp. A miners carbide lamp with an aluminium reflector and black rubber base protector. This lamp has a flint igniter attached to the reflector. Made by “Premier” British Made. Made from brass, aluminium and rubber. Size 4 1/2″ x 2″ inches. These lamps had a separate top and bottom reservoir connected by a small hollow tube, …

A UK Miners Carbide Lamp. A miners carbide lamp. With a brass reflector and hanging hook. Made by Premier Lamps, Crestella Engineering Co, Leeds United Kingdom. Made from iron, brass. Size 8″ x 3″ inches. These lamps had a separate top and bottom reservoir connected by a small hollow tube, the bottom tank was filled with the powder carbide and …

A UK Miners Carbide Lamp. A miners carbide lamp. Without a reflector or hanging hook. Made by Premier Lamps, Crestella Engineering Co, Leeds, United Kingdom. Made from iron and brass. Size 9″ x 4″ inches. These lamps had a separate top and bottom reservoir connected by a small hollow tube, the bottom tank was filled with the powder carbide and …

A UK Miners Carbide Lamp. A miners carbide lamp. With hanging hook, without a reflector or the burning nozzle. Made from iron. Size 8″ x 3″ inches.  These lamps had a separate top and bottom reservoir connected by a small hollow tube, the bottom tank was filled with the powder carbide and the top tank contained water. The water would …

Miners Battery Lamp. Made by “Oldham” Lamps F patent. This lamp has a hollow body with a screw threaded base, a battery would be placed inside the body to power the bulb on the top of the lamp. Made from metal and an aluminium alloy. Size 12″x 4″ inches.

Miners Battery – Cap Lamp. This model Type NC-113-C has a stainless steel battery case with attached belt hoops at the back of the unit.  Made by Nife, Redditch, England. Made from stainless steel, brass, plastic and glass. Used in the 1950’s and 1960’s.

Miners Battery – Cap Lamp. This model Type PT-8/3 has a stainless steel battery case with attached belt hoops at the back of the unit. Made by Patterson Lamps Limited, Gateshead 11. Made from stainless steel, brass, plastic and glass. Used in the 1950’s and 1960’s. 

Miners Battery – Cap Lamp. This model Type “Superlite Cap Lamp” has a stainless steel battery case with attached belt hoops at the back of the unit. Made by CEAG Limited, Barnsley, England. Made from stainless steel, brass, plastic and glass. Used in the 1950’s and 1960’s.